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Identification of Protected Corals

Identification of Protected Corals

Final Report

Prepared for Conservation Services Programme, Department of Conservation

RFP: 4650 INT2015-03 IDENTIFICATION AND STORAGE OF COLD-WATER CORALS

December 2017

Trip number

4 Identification of Protected Corals

Prepared by: Di Tracey, Sadie Mills, Diana Macpherson, Hywel Thomas

For any information regarding this report please contact:

Di Tracey Scientist Deepwater +64-4-386 866 [email protected]

National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research Ltd

Private Bag 14901

Kilbirnie

Wellington 6241

Phone +64 4 386 0300

NIWA CLIENT REPORT No: 2017349WN Report date: July 2017 NIWA Project: DOC16307

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Cover image: At-sea digital image taken by MPI Observer of black coral (COB). Identified by expert Rob Stewart

(NIWA) as Dendropathes spp. (DDP), Family Schizopathidae.

This report should be referenced as follows:

Tracey, D., Mills S., Macpherson, D., Thomas, H. (2017). Identification and storage of cold-water coral bycatch specimens. Final Report prepared by NIWA for the Conservation Services Programme, Department of Conservation. INT2015-03. NIWA Client Report 2017349WN. 38 p.

Identification of Protected Corals 5

Contents

Executive summary ............................................................................................................. 6

1 Background ............................................................................................................... 7

2 Methods .................................................................................................................... 8

2.1 Specific Objectives .................................................................................................... 8

2.2 Objective 1: To determine, through examination of returned cold-water coral

specimens and photos, the taxon, and where possible the provenance of cold-

water corals killed in New Zealand fisheries (for returned dead specimens). ......... 8

2.3 Objective 2: To collect sub-samples of all protected cold-water coral specimens

for genetic analysis in the future. ........................................................................... 11

3 Results .................................................................................................................... 11

3.1 Objective 1: Identification of corals ........................................................................ 11

3.2 Specific objective 2: Sub-samples of protected coral specimens for genetic analysis

................................................................................................................................ 18

4 Summary conclusions .............................................................................................. 18

5 Recommendations ................................................................................................... 19

6 Acknowledgements ................................................................................................. 20

7 References ............................................................................................................... 20

Appendix A Specify database summary of sample data provided by species for

the observer collected data ............................................................. 22

Appendix B COD extract spreadsheet produced after data loading ....................... 29

Appendix C Spreadsheet summary of digital images processed to date ................ 35

Tables

Table 3-1: Sample summary of the number of specimens identified by experts (all NIWA except for Phil Alderslade (CSIRO)) for each of the Protected Coral Groups along with a count of samples selected for genetic analyses. See Appendix A for a detailed species list. 13

Table 3-2: Protected coral count by Observer Fisheries Management Area. 14

Table 3-3: Count of tows by target fishery and fishing gear method where protected corals were sampled. 15

Table 3-4: Count of images by Observer and Fisheries Management Area. 17

Table 3-5: Count of tows from which images were taken, by fishing gear method and target fishery. 17


Executive summary The Conservation Services Programme, within the Marine Species and Threats team, Department of

Conservation, recognise that Government Fisheries Observers on commercial fishing vessels are not

always able to identify protected cold-water corals at sea with high precision (especially down to the

species level), with the confirmation of bycaught species requiring identification from a coral

taxonomist in the majority of cases.

Building on the description of the protected coral specimens identified and presented in the April

and July 2017 Progress Reports, this Final Report summarises the sample identifications for the year

ending 31 October 2017, and includes coral identifications made by visiting gorgonian octocoral

expert Dr Phil Alderslade (CSIRO). A total of 169 specimens were identified to finest taxonomic level

possible and appropriate updates made to the Centralised Observer Database (COD). Sample

processing is on going and the number of coral tissue samples held in storage for future genetic

studies now numbers 26.

The identification of protected corals from digital images provided by Observers are also described.

There were 163 images identified and 112 protected coral images geo-referenced. Efforts were made

to use trip number and image properties (date, time), to help populate the data poor images with

georeferenced information. The instructions to Government Observers on methods to capture

images at-sea will be stressed via the MPI Observer Programme.

Interactions between corals collected and fishing gear are summarised. Several protected coral

samples have been returned from both within the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone as well as

the High Seas Fisheries Management Areas. Of the samples received, and digital images processed,

bottom trawling in all regions has contributed to the highest counts of coral mortality. Coral by-catch

samples were also returned from long line tows but in lower numbers.

Recommendations are made in this report to help improve the at-sea image data labelling and to

automate the image geo-referencing workflow. Potentially the process of geo-referencing could be

made more robust by adding business rules for metadata validation. We also highlight the numbers

of protected corals that have been identified from the High Seas regions.


1 Background The 2010 amendment of Schedule 7A of the Wildlife Act 1953 protects all hard corals, including:

black corals (all species in the order Antipatharia); gorgonian octocorals in the order Alcyonacea

(previously known as Order Gorgonacea); stony corals (all species in the order Scleractinia); and

hydrocorals (all species in the family Stylasteridae). These groups all have ecological significance in

the New Zealand region and the various forms, including reef-like scleractinian or stony corals, are

important bioengineers that provide refuge and structural habitat for a diverse species community.

These corals are vulnerable to human pressures such as fishing (Clark & Rowden 2009; Clark et al

2010; Williams et al 2010), mineral extraction, ocean acidification, and global warming.

Identifying coral bycatch that was unable to be fully identified by Observers is seen as a priority for

conservation managers as it provides:

▪ vital baseline information that can help to better inform research and marine

protection such as predictive modelling (Anderson et al 2014), benthic risk

assessments (Clark et al 2014), and management of benthic marine protected species

▪ information on the interaction between commercial fishing vessels and protected cold-

water corals in New Zealand waters (Tracey et al 2011), and

▪ allows for a more comprehensive mitigation framework to be implemented in future in

order to protect cold-water corals in New Zealand waters.

An additional benefit of the collection, identification and storage of bycaught cold-water corals is an

increase in the number of protected cold-water coral species samples housed in the NIWA

Invertebrate Collection (NIC), one of New Zealand’s National taxonomic collections. This allows for

more robust studies on cold-water corals in future such as those to support morphological and

molecular descriptions, and for biological research to investigate for example age and growth, and

age validation to assess recovery (e.g., see POP2017-07: The age and growth of New Zealand

protected corals at high risk).

Progress for the service requirements were summarised in Tracey et al (2017a; b). Methods were

prepared and presented, and instructions were provided to Observers on deep-sea commercial

fishing vessels for when cold-water coral specimens are bycaught in commercial fishery operations –

i.e., the required data recording, sub-sampling or image collection of the corals. Also presented were

the number of protected coral samples provided, the number identified, and the number of coral

tissue samples that have been taken and held in storage for future genetic studies. The Contract

states that no more than 200 protected coral samples and no more than 200 specimen images are to

be identified per annum.

This Final Report presents the interactions between corals collected and fishing gear by summarising

the coral count by Observer Fisheries Management Area (FMA) as well as presenting the number of

trawl and long line tows that have taken corals as by-catch, hence contributing to coral mortality. An

update of the numbers of protected corals identified to lowest taxonomic level is provided – for both

returned specimens and digital images. The updated numbers include the additional sample

identifications made by visiting gorgonian octocoral expert taxonomist Dr Phil Alderslade (CSIRO),

who visited the NIC in May 2017, a gratis black coral identification provided in September 2017 from

Dennis Opresko (Smithsonian Institution), and identifications of fauna in 163 observer collected


digital images. Where possible, the identified protected coral images were georeferenced to show

provenance.

2 Methods

2.1 Specific Objectives

2.1.1 Service Requirements

The specific objectives of the Conservation Services Programme requirements are:

1. Identify cold-water coral bycatch that cannot be identified by Government fisheries observers

to the finest taxonomic level (assign codes to coral specimens to the species level wherever

possible; when this is not possible, identify specimens to genus or family level).

To the extent possible, the contractor will identify potential interactions between corals

collected and fishing gear, and identify factors that may have contributed to coral mortality.

Data will be reported by fishery stratum (fishing method, fishery area, and where possible,

target species)

2. Record all identified coral specimens and store in an appropriate taxonomic collection.

3. Ensure a sub-sample of each specimen is taken for future genetic analysis.

4. Bring international cold-water coral taxonomic expertise to New Zealand for identification of

specific coral groups.

2.1.2 Specific objectives

In Schedule 1 the specific objectives in Contract INT2015-03 are:

1. To determine, through examination of returned cold-water coral specimens and photos, the

taxon, and where possible the provenance of cold-water corals killed in New Zealand fisheries

(for returned dead specimens).

2. To collect sub-samples of all protected cold-water coral specimens for genetic analysis in

future.

2.2 Objective 1: To determine, through examination of returned cold-water coral specimens and photos, the taxon, and where possible the provenance of cold-water corals killed in New Zealand fisheries (for returned dead specimens).

A presentation of the Methods for this project was provided to the CSP Technical Working Group on

the 16th of November, 2016 (Tracey et al 2016), and subsequently accepted. The presentation

included a description of methods to instruct Observers on the at-sea recording and collection of

deep-sea corals, details of the planned expert examination of specimens and images returned by

Observers, and an update of progress in loading of identified coral catch data into NIWA and Ministry


for Primary Industries (MPI) databases (Objective 1). Also included were details on methods for

collection of sub-samples of returned cold-water coral specimens for genetic analysis in the future,

(Objective 2).

Progress for the service requirements were summarised in Tracey et al (2017a; b). Methods for the

key activities to meet the final stages of this project are provided below and include:

▪ the identification of gorgonian octocorals

▪ loading data into the MPI Observer database COD, and

▪ digital photo processing.

Since the July 2017 reporting (Tracey et al 2017b), the focus has been on sorting and processing

Observer protected coral samples, collecting tissue samples for molecular analyses, processing the

digital images, and arranging the coral taxonomic expert’s visit for March, 2018 (Drs Stephen Cairns,

(Smithsonian Institution) and Marcelo Kitahara (Universidade Federal de São Paulo)). During their

visit next year, the experts will focus on the identification of scleractinian stony corals, stylasterid

hydrocorals, and Primnoid octocorals, primarily of the genus Thouarella spp.

2.2.1 Identification of corals returned to NIWA

The cold-water coral bycatch that could not be identified by Observers at-sea were returned to NIWA

(whole specimens or sub-samples of the specimens) for identification to the finest taxonomic level. A

similar method used to process by-catch collected by Government fisheries observers under MPI

Project DAE2015-05, (Tracey & Mills, 2016a), was followed. Experts identified all corals to the species

level wherever possible and when this was not possible, to genus or family level.

The corals were thawed, sorted into main groups and initially identified to coarse taxonomic level

(mostly to order and family level). The tasks of fixing and preserving samples, providing containment,

documenting samples (station numbering, labelling), sorting (dividing samples into major or minor

taxonomic groups – ‘taxa’ – in the laboratory), were all carried out under the MPI data management

project DAT2016-01E. Data were entered into the web-interfaced NIWA Observer Samples Database

(OSD), then returned to frozen storage, fixed in ethanol, or dried where appropriate.

A catalogue of all samples/specimens received in NIWA was provided to the NIWA Invertebrate

Collection (NIC) Manager. Data from OSD were uploaded into the NIC database Specify and the

specimens were curated and examined at NIWA to determine their taxonomic identification.

The identification methods followed NIWA procedures for identifying fauna and biological specimens

housed in the NIC. NIWA currently manages specimens according to the: “Guidelines for the care of

natural history collections”. NIWA also has its own collection policy document: “NIWA Marine

Invertebrate Collection Policy and Procedures”, which also guided the process. Specimens retained

are held in stewardship for DOC.

To meet the Final Report requirements, NIWA coral experts and Dr Phil Alderslade (CSIRO) carried

out the identifications of gorgonian octocorals, and the updated species names and counts were

entered into Specify database. Identifications by Dr Alderslade included corals in the families

Chrysogorgiidae, Corallidae, Isididae, Paragorgiidae, and Plexauridae.

A second priority for the project was to identify research trawl-collected protected corals. Four

protected corals have been returned to date from trawl surveys carried out since July 31 2016, and


these along with an additional historical specimen from a 1995 research trawl survey, were identified

for this project.

2.2.2 Loading data into COD

To help identify potential interactions between corals collected and fishing gear, and identify factors

that may have contributed to coral mortality, the loading of identified coral catch data into NIWA

and MPI databases took place toward the end of the reporting period.

Sample information for 160 observer records extracted from Specify were provided to the COD

database manager for loading. Updating catch records took place following that described in Tracey

& Sanders (2010). Sample data are loaded into a COD database ‘load’ table, z_invertebrate_samples.

The data is then used to update catch records in the stage and report tables, y_benthic,

y_trw_new_observer_greenweight, y_lfs_catch, y_ctn_catch and x_fishing_event_catch.

High Seas samples were not able to be differentiated from within zone samples at the time of arrival

at NIWA for processing. Trip data are provided on sacks of frozen material but no information on

general location is given. As such, High Seas samples were processed as part of this project.

2.2.3 Photographing corals at-sea

The at-sea instructions to Observers document (Tracey & Mills, 2016b) was prepared and provided to

CSP and, following their approval, forwarded to the Observer Services Unit of the MPI Observer

Programme in early 2017. The section on the digital collection of photographic images at-sea

instructions were emphasised and expanded for this project. Specifically, the instructions state that

images are to be captured in good light using a plain grey background if possible and a size scale,

with the specimen label showing trip and tow numbers included in the image. The name of the

Observer taking the image was to be retained as this is important to include in the geo-referencing

particularly for acknowledgements, feedback to the observer, training, or if the images are used for

other purposes, e.g., guide production.

2.2.4 Digital photo processing

The digital photo images and associated details collected by Observers were obtained from a CSP

Group representative from the MPI Observer Programme and uploaded to NIWA’s FTP site in April

2017. There were 456 image files provided to NIWA late April, 2017, and 163 were processed to

meet the July 2017 reporting period (Tracey et al 2017b). In January 2018, the on-going processing of

the digital images will be reported on.

The identification of protected corals in the photos was carried out by various experts (Phil

Alderslade (CSIRO), Di Tracey, Rob Stewart, Diana Macpherson, and Peter Marriott (NIWA)), and the

images were then georeferenced to show provenance (where possible). The image metadata is

provided via a handwritten label which the Observer includes in the photograph. Data were collated

manually. The process of geo-referencing the images was to add information to the metadata file for

each image – e.g., the species name to the finest taxon possible (species, genus or family level), trip

and tow number, three-letter MPI species code, keywords relevant to the subject of the image, NIC

catalogue number (where applicable), image rating (1-5; 1=best of, 5=adequate), and the observer

name. Using the ACDSee Pro 3 (version 3.0) software the metadata information for each image was

added manually into the relevant field or by assigning a value from a drop down ‘picklist’, and then

embedded in the image file. A descriptive data output and summary output table was then produced


with appended location data and other required information sourced from COD - e.g., position,

depth, along with target species, Observer Fisheries Management Area.

2.3 Objective 2: To collect sub-samples of all protected cold-water coral specimens for genetic analysis in the future.

Tissue samples were taken from all protected coral samples provided to NIWA by observers in 2017

and stored with a unique label in standard vials in 99% high grade absolute ethanol. The Progress

Reports (Tracey et al 2017a; b) summarised the collection method and numbers of accumulated issue

samples for genetic analyses. There are now 26 samples held in storage in readiness for molecular

studies, and collection is on-going.

3 Results The specific objectives of the Conservation Services Programme requirements have been followed.

Specimens and images of cold-water protected coral bycatch that could not be identified by

Government fisheries observers were returned to NIWA for expert identification. The identified

samples have been collected opportunistically from commercial fishing activity and help to highlight

interactions between fishing and protected corals. Details of the coral bycatch, hence mortality, by

fishery stratum (fishing method, fishery area and where possible target species) are provided.

All identified coral specimens have been stored in the NIWA Invertebrate Collection (NIC). Sub-

samples of each specimen continue to be taken for future genetic analysis and these too are in

storage in the NIC. Dr Phil Alderslade visited NIWA for a period of 10 days in May 2017 to identify

specimens in his specific coral group – gorgonian octocorals.

All specific objectives have been completed for the final reporting period, 2016/17 year. Dr Phil

Alderslade was funded from this project along with additional support for identification, database,

and administration costs from the NIWA ‘Enhancing Collections’ budget provided. In the reporting

year, up to October 2017, all coral identifications and associated data were loaded into the MPI

database COD, images provided by DOC from the Observers were examined and geo-referenced.

3.1 Objective 1: Identification of corals

A summary of the number of corals identified by protected coral group is presented in Table 3-1.

Between March 2016 and October 2017 only 46 samples were collected and returned to NIWA for

identification possibly due to the emphasis on collecting digital images for identification purposes.

The remaining samples in this table (n= 130) are historical, collected between 2009 and 2015, and

held in storage at NIWA awaiting identification.

Appendix A presents in spreadsheet form a list of species identified, with associated details extracted

from Specify. The column headings include:

• Trip_code • Station_no • NIC catalogue number


• OSD Number if available • Observer ID label if available • Phylum • Order • Family • Genus • Species • Determiner - Expert identifiers name (most recent expert ID) • Determined date • Count • Collection Date • Latitude (truncated to 1 d.p.) • Longitude (truncated to 1 d.p.) • Depth start • Depth finish

Experts have identified to date 23 black corals, 74 gorgonian octocorals, 11 hydrocorals, and 59

scleractinian stony corals (Table 3-1). Rob Tilney of Clement & Associates Ltd provided two stony

coral and one black coral samples to Di Tracey, NIWA for identification (Industry Voyage, Chatham

Rise). The gorgonian octocorals identified by Dr Alderslade (N= 72 specimen lots), included some new

and intriguing species and genera. Among these were the first confirmation of the plexaurid sea fan

coral Clematissa in the New Zealand region; a new species of Rosgorgia which is a recently described

Antarctic genus of the Family Subergorgiidae, better known from the tropical Indo-West Pacific; and

two new species of the bubblegum coral Paragorgia, confirming how species-rich this particular

genus is in our region (14 species are already known, 6 of which are likely endemic). Other species

identification highlights were:

• A new genus that is related to Helicogorgia, currently classified as being in the family

Chrysogorgiidae, was identified. This family designation of this genus may be incorrect, and

the new material will help clarify this.

• A species of Narella that is additional to those described from the NIWA collections by Dr

Stephen Cairns (Smithsonian Institute).

• the first record of plexaurid sea fan genus Anthomuricea.

An identification update for an Observer collected black coral, Lillipathes cf. ritamariae, (NIWA

88617, TRIP3883/55), was provided by Dr. Dennis Opresko (Smithsonian Institution) in September

2017, (see Appendix A), as part of a project he is independently working on to determine the

presence, morphology and genetics of the antipatharian genus Telopathes in New Zealand waters.

The identification update for this black coral will be included in the next COD update.

Tracey et al (2017a) summarised the protected coral species identified up to April 2017. These

included gorgonian octocorals (genus Corallium) commonly confused with the pink stylasterid

hydrocoral Errina, black corals Leiopathes and Bathypathes, and a diverse range of Hydrocorals:

several genera of the white forms - Conopora, Crypthelia, Lepidopora, Stylaster, and Errina. The

scleractinian corals comprised both the branching and cup forms, the most common being the

branching corals Solenosmilia variabilis, Enallopsammia rostrata, and Madrepora oculata. The cup

coral samples included two species of Caryophyllia (C. lamellifera and C. profunda), Desmophyllum

dianthus, and Flabellum knoxi.


Table 3-1: Sample summary of the number of specimens identified by experts (all NIWA except for Phil Alderslade (CSIRO)) for each of the Protected Coral Groups along with a count of samples selected for genetic analyses. See Appendix A for a detailed species list.

Protected Coral Group Number of identified samples

Determiner

Number of

genetic subsamples

Black corals (all species in the order Antipatharia) 23 Rob Stewart/Dennis Opresko

10

Gorgonian corals (all species in the order Alcyonacea previously known as Order Gorgonacea)

74 Phil Alderslade/Peter Marriott/Sadie Mills

6

Hydrocorals (all species in the family Stylasteridae) 11 Peter Marriott 4

Stony corals (all species in the order Scleractinia) 61 Di Tracey 6

Total number of samples 169

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3.1.1 Loading into COD

The species identifications and all associated data from the Specify extract (Appendix A) were loaded

into the MPI database COD. The data loading process is described in previous reports (Tracey & Mills

2016a). An extract of the samples loaded into COD is appended (Appendix B), and includes

information such as corresponding fishing method, fishery area, and where possible, target species

data field. This information helps identify potential interactions between the corals collected and

fishing gear, and identify factors that may have contributed to coral mortality.

COD database record updates and additions are summarised below:

• 67 records where the initial identification matched a catch species and the expert

identification differed were updated.

• In several instances there was more than one identified species for one UNI record, in these

cases the first record was updated. Some tows had greater than one UNI/UNX records,

records were updated for the matching number of expert identifications available.

• 42 records in COD catch did not require updating as the MPI species code recorded was the

same as the expert identification MPI code.

• 47 new records were added to (insert into) the catch tables. New records occur when no

data was entered by the observer and this usually occurs with the historical samples or when

more than one species is associated with a coral record (e.g., a coral associate)

• 4 samples could not be used due to missing or invalid trip number/tow numbers or lack of

available catch effort data recorded in COD.

Data summaries are provided below and include a count by Observer Area code and Observer Fisheries Management Areas (FMAs) (Table 3-2), and a count of tows by gear method and target species (Table


3-3). There were 166 samples taken from the FMAs inside the EEZ and 56 samples taken from the various High Seas (ET) regions. For the High Seas sample counts, four samples could not be linked to the CE data and so were omitted. Sample counts represent samples collected in 2016-17 as well as the historical samples.

Table 3-2: Protected coral count by Observer Fisheries Management Area. High Seas (ET) samples came from areas HOWE, CET, WANB, LOUR – see table description.

Area Description Count of Samples

SOE South-East (FMA4) 31

SUB Sub-Antarctic (FMA6) 22

HOWE Lord Howe Rise (ET) 18

AKE Auckland East (FMA1) 18

CET Challenger Plateau (ET) 15

SEC South-East Coast (FMA3) 11

WANB Wanganella Bank (ET) 10

SOU Southland (FMA5) 7

TMAR Tasmanian Ridge (ET) 7

LOUR Louisville Ridge (ET) 6

AKW Auckland West (FMA9) 6

SOI Southern Offshore Islands (FMA6A) 3

CEE Central East (FMA2) 2

Of the samples received, the highest counts of coral mortality have been identified from bottom

trawls. Some bottom long-line fisheries also impacted corals, specifically those vessels targeting bass

groper and bluenose (n=12). Bottom trawls targeting the deepsea species orange roughy, smooth

oreo, black oreo, and oreo unspecified, had the highest counts of protected corals as by-catch

(n=102).


Table 3-3: Count of tows by target fishery and fishing gear method where protected corals were sampled.

Target Fishery (common name) MPI code Fishing method Count of tows

Orange roughy ORH Trawl 65

Smooth oreo SSO Trawl 20

Black oreo BOE Trawl 12

Alfonsino BYS Trawl 11

Bass groper BAS Bottom Lining 10

Hoki HOK Trawl 5

Oreos OEO Trawl 5

Scampi SCI Trawl 5

White warehou WWA Trawl 4

Hapuku & bass HPB Trawl 4

Arrow squid SQU Trawl 3

Bluenose BNS Bottom Lining 2

Tarakihi TAR Trawl 2

Alfonsino & long-finned beryx BYX Trawl 2

Ling LIN Trawl 2

Silver warehou SWA Trawl 1

Bluenose BNS Trawl 1

Trevally TRE Trawl 1

Hake HAK Trawl 1

3.1.2 Digital photos

The digital photo images and associated details collected by Observers were obtained from a CSP

Group representative from the MPI Observer Programme and uploaded to NIWA’s FTP site. There

were 456 image files provided and 163 able processed up to end of July 2017. The images processed

subsequently will be reported on as required, in January 2018. Of the 163 images, 119 were

protected coral images and were identified to the finest taxon level possible, and 112 of these were

georeferenced to show provenance. Seven coral images and one non-coral image could not be

attributed to a fishing event due to missing/invalid station number or incomplete MPI photographic

logs/‘Benthic Materials’ form data, and therefore were not georeferenced. The remaining images

were of non-protected coral taxa, e.g., bryozoans, sponges, and hydroids (n=44). We note that some

of these groups can be easily confused with protected corals.


Many of the images were of excellent standard of impressive coral specimens, and included a label in

the image with all required data. However, while the instructions to Observers include statements

such as “the image is to include the specimen label showing trip and tow numbers”, we noted that in

several of the images provided to NIWA, some included non-corals and several lacked tow data

information. Examples are shown in Figure 3.1 of both the digital images of correctly labelled and un-

labelled photos. Efforts were made to use information such as the TRIP number and the date and the

time stamp of image capture, (extracted from the digital image properties), to help obtain tow

details from the COD database in order to populate the image database. Although this was a time-

consuming task, we were mostly successful in obtaining the required geo-reference information from

the COD database. The image data are currently held in spreadsheet form (Appendix C), and in a

secure drive at NIWA. A potential repository for these images is the NIWA official repository image

database Atlas [https://atlas.niwa.co.nzpublic.jsp/]. Further discussion with the Client will take place

to progress the final destination of the stored images. Some approvals will be required from MPI as

part of this process.

Figure 3-1: Digital images of protected corals taken at-sea and showing correctly labelled (top) as well as un-labelled (bottom) specimen photos.

Data summaries for the images are provided below and include a count by Fisheries Management

Areas (Table 3-4) and a count of tows by target species (Table 3-5). There were 56 samples

photographed from the High Seas (ET) areas (LOUR, HOWE, and CET). Many of the bottom trawls

targeting orange roughy collected digital images of protected corals (n=64). Other trawl fisheries

causing reasonably high coral mortality included those targeting arrow squid (n=16), the two

alfonsino species (n=13), jack mackerel (n=12), and hake (n=10). Bottom long lining targeting ling,

snapper, and bluenose took corals as by-catch.

Trip number

Trip number


Table 3-4: Count of images by Observer and Fisheries Management Area.

Area Description Count of Samples

LOUR Louisville Ridge (ET) 37

SOU Southland (FMA5) 24

CET Challenger Plateau (ET) 16

AKW Auckland West (FMA9) 15

CHA Challenger (FMA7) 12

SOE South-East (FMA4) 12

SUB Sub-Antarctic (FMA6) 11

CEW Central West (FMA8) 9

AKE Auckland East (FMA1) 7

SEC South-East Coast (FMA3) 5

SOI Southern Offshore Islands (FMA6A) 4

HOWE Lord Howe Rise (ET) 3

Table 3-5: Count of tows from which images were taken, by fishing gear method and target fishery.

Target Fishery (common name) MPI code Fishing method Count of tows

Orange roughy ORH Trawl 64

Arrow squid SQU Trawl 16

Alfonsino & long-finned beryx BYX Trawl 13

Jack mackerel JMA Trawl 12

Hake HAK Trawl 10

Ling LIN Bottom Lining 8

Snapper SNA Bottom Lining 7

White warehou WWA Trawl 7

Hapuku & bass HPB Trawl 7

Hoki HOK Trawl 4

Ling LIN Trawl 3

Silver warehou SWA Trawl 2

Bluenose BNS Bottom Lining 1

Scampi SCI Trawl 1


3.2 Specific objective 2: Sub-samples of protected coral specimens for genetic analysis

Tissue sub-samples taken during the sample sorting process is on-going with the number of tissue

samples processed and stored currently at 26.

4 Summary conclusions The objective to identify the protected coral specimen samples was met, and the process was reasonably efficient as the methods have been on-going and standardised for several years. More than 160 specimen lots were received and examined between October 2016 to 2017, and these included some taxonomic highlights, such as new species and genera. The identified samples have been collected opportunistically from commercial fishing activity and received by NIWA when Observers are uncertain of their identification of the coral specimen, the specimen has been caught outside the given depth range or distribution, or was rare or unusual. The data can be used to highlight interactions between fishing and protected corals and factors such as bottom trawling have been identified as impacting corals and causing mortality (Clark & Rowden 2009; Clark et al 2010; Wiliams et al 2010). Of the samples received, there were 102 bottom trawls targeting three key deepsea species that recorded protected corals as by-catch and bottom long-line activity also caught corals. The accuracy of the Observer identifications at sea have not been analysed in detail but there were 42 records that did not require an update of the original observer identification in COD and we note that several samples identified by experts were from historical samples stored in the NIC. The information will be used to help better inform research and marine protection and is intended to allow for a more comprehensive mitigation framework to be implemented in future in order to protect cold-water corals in New Zealand waters. These identifications also contribute significantly to our understanding of this important coral group, expand our New Zealand’s biodiversity science data, and fill knowledge gaps. A large number of Observer-collected digital photographs were processed to identify the images to finest level possible, even though the task was reasonably labour intensive due to the factors outlined below. Despite this, we were able to process 163 images up until the end of July. Where image station data were missing because of the specimen image having no label, considerable effort was made to trace the trip, image date and time details back to information stored in the COD database in order to obtain the required meta-data for geo-referencing. There were also instances where a number of non-protected corals images were provided (e.g., of sponges, bryozoans, wood, hydroids, soft corals, sea pens), and as all images had to be examined, these non-protected coral images added to the processing time. Samples and or duplicates of the protected coral sample images were often provided. Duplications can easily be dealt with and it is useful for the experts carrying out the identifications to have a close-up image provided along with the overall colony image, but when an overall deck shot, a colony image, and a zoomed in image of the same colony is provided, it is time consuming to analyse and annotate all three images. An update of the numbers of images processed will be given in January 2018. Given the required image metadata is provided via a handwritten label which the observer includes in the photograph, collating these data will be a manual process for the foreseeable future unless GPS referenced cameras are to become standard.


We propose some changes to the workflow that we hope will be considered. Processing the images could be largely automated to both simplify the work, and potentially make the process more robust by adding business rules for metadata validation. The output from a user working through the photographs will be a spreadsheet (CSV text file) containing the basic image metadata (with one row per image), including: trip code; station; date etc. NIWA can develop a script which reads this file, row by row, and for each row interrogates the COD database for the tow times, positions, depths, etc for that tow. The script can also include checks are carried out for inconsistencies e.g., matching the date/time data from the image with the tow data, and the depth can be cross checked against a NIWA bathymetry model to help ensure depth data accuracy. This script would output a CSV file suitable for an Atlas database bulk upload, so the user could use this file for an upload of all the images in a single transaction. MPI approval is be needed for the user running the script to access the COD database. We note that this is being carried out by proxy at present, in a manual operation, so this recommended approach is not inherently any less secure than the current approach.

5 Recommendations ▪ Briefings: We suggest direct liaison with CSP Group, DOC and the Observer Services Unit, MPI

take place early in the second year of the project to ensure that the at-sea instructions on

photographing specimens are followed more closely by Observers.

▪ Image database storage: We suggest an improved image database storage system for the

Observer collected digital images and we have outlined the processing methods applied by NIWA

and what is required to load the data into NIWA’s Atlas database. Some approvals will be required

from MPI as part of this process.

▪ High Seas samples: The High Seas outside the NZ EEZ coral samples were processed as part of this

project even though CSP do not currently fund their identification. Samples have been identified

primarily due to labelling issues when samples are received at NIWA for processing. TRIP data are

provided on sacks of frozen material but no information on general location is given, and hence

the subsequent difficulty in sorting the High Seas samples from those returned to NIWA from

inside the zone. We suggest a variation to future contracts to cover the costs of the High Seas

(South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO) samples. This also applies

to processing the digital image data, several (n=56) came from High Seas areas.

▪ The backlog of unidentified protected coral samples was reduced this year (n=130) due to a

decreasing number of observer sample specimens returned to identify (possibly because of an

increase in digital images being collected), and few research trawl survey samples. While

decreasing in number, some historical research trawl and observer samples held at NIWA remain

unidentified. We recommend that this backlog continues to be addressed.


6 Acknowledgements Thanks are extended to the Observers for sample collection. We thank CSP Group for funding this Project INT2015-03 (NIWA Project Code DOC16307), particularly Ian Angus, Kris Ramm, and Freydis Hjorvarsdottir. We also thank the NIWA experts for their identifications, Rob Stewart and Peter Marriott, along with Dr Phil Alderslade (CSIRO). We thank MPI staff including Rory Kyle, Observer Services Unit, Richard Ford, Fisheries Management, for their support of this project, and Kimon George, MPI Data Management Manager, for the DAT2016-01E project funding that supports the initial sample sorting stage of the corals. A special thanks to Dean Stotter and Mark Fenwick (NIWA) who process all Observer returned samples under the DAT2016-01E project. Thanks also to NIWA staff Brent Wood, who has suggested a way forward for DOC and MPI in improving the digital image processing procedures, and Owen Anderson and Julie Hall for their internal review of this Final Report.

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Appendix A Specify database summary of sample data provided by species for the observer collected

data

NIWA Cat. No.

OSD No. Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Determiner

Determined Date

Sample Count Date Latitude Longitude Depth 1

Depth 2

44360 Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Acanthogorgiidae Acanthogorgia

Phil Alderslade 17/05/2017 1 11/10/2007 -46.7 170.5 855 940

42486 92 Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Acanthogorgiidae Acanthogorgia

Phil Alderslade 17/05/2017 1 17/07/2008 -49.9 175.6 900

88639 2703 Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Acanthogorgiidae Acanthogorgia

Phil Alderslade 18/05/2017 1 9/11/2013 -32.5 167.5 104 94

62915 Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Anthothelidae ?Anthothela

Phil Alderslade 16/05/2017 1 12/11/2008 -44.5 -178.6 785 880

65905 1058 Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Chrysogorgiidae Chrysogorgia

Phil Alderslade 22/05/2017 1 10/07/2010 -34.4 174.2 918 1077


Phil Alderslade 22/05/2017 1 5/12/2010 -42.9 177.6 465 437


Phil Alderslade 22/05/2017 1 29/12/2010 -34 168.1 912 997


Phil Alderslade 16/05/2017 1 14/12/2015 -35.9 165.6 686 1090

121481 1273 Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Chrysogorgiidae Chrysogorgia ?curvata Phil

Alderslade 22/05/2017 1 24/12/2010 -33.6 167.8 1104 959

69549 1273 Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Chrysogorgiidae Chrysogorgia ?tetrasticha Phil

Alderslade 22/05/2017 1 24/12/2010 -33.6 167.8 1104 959

106525 3501 Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Chrysogorgiidae Metallogorgia macrospina Phil

Alderslade 16/05/2017 1 21/10/2016 -34.1 162.5 493 864

69550 1274 Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Chrysogorgiidae Metallogorgia melanotrichos Phil

Alderslade 22/05/2017 1 31/12/2010 -35.6 166 851 1141

65904 1057 Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Chrysogorgiidae Pseudochrysogorgia n. sp. Phil

Alderslade 22/05/2017 1 10/07/2010 -34.4 174.2 918 1077

121413 116 Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Chrysogorgiidae Radicipes

Phil Alderslade 24/05/2017 4 6/12/2016 -51.9 173.1 612 621

95179 3201 Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Coralliidae Corallium

Peter Marriott 23/03/2017 1 30/07/2015 -48.8 166.4 503

14394 Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Isididae

Phil Alderslade 17/05/2017 1 15/08/1998 -47.2 148.7 936


Phil Alderslade 17/05/2017 1 7/08/1998 -47.5 148.9 1031


Phil Alderslade 17/05/2017 1 15/08/1998 -47.2 148.7 936


Phil Alderslade 17/05/2017 1 4/09/1998 -47.5 148.9 1086


Phil Alderslade 17/05/2017 1 6/09/1998 -47.5 148.8 890


Phil Alderslade 17/05/2017 1 9/10/1998 -47.2 148.7 1022


Phil Alderslade 17/05/2017 1 11/10/1998 -47.5 148.8 911


Phil Alderslade 17/05/2017 1 11/12/1998 -48.6 165 1056


Phil Alderslade 17/05/2017 1 11/12/1998 -48.6 165 1056


NIWA Cat. No.


Determined Date


Depth 2


Phil Alderslade 17/05/2017 1 28/03/1999 -34.8 171.7 1007


Phil Alderslade 17/05/2017 1 28/03/1999 -34.8 171.7 1007


Phil Alderslade 17/05/2017 1 28/03/1999 -34.8 171.7 1007


Phil Alderslade 26/05/2017 1 2/10/2003 -34.7 171.8 1204

66241 34 Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Isididae

Phil Alderslade 18/05/2017 1 13/07/2009 -37.3 167.4 782 782


Phil Alderslade 18/05/2017 1 12/09/2009 -45.3 171.8 883 1074


Phil Alderslade 18/05/2017 1 23/11/2009 -48.7 175.3 836 822

65918 1071 Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Isididae ?Isidella

Phil Alderslade 19/05/2017 1 10/11/2008 -46.4 171.2 1050 1151

66214 539 Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Isididae ?Isidella

Phil Alderslade 19/05/2017 1 9/01/2010 -44.5 -178.7 670 920

69519 1238 Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Isididae ?Keratoisis

Phil Alderslade 19/05/2017 1 2/11/2010 -37.4 176.4 370


Phil Alderslade 18/05/2017 1 5/11/2010 -45 174.2 1024 1030


Phil Alderslade 19/05/2017 1 16/07/2013 -47 165.7 484 721


Phil Alderslade 16/05/2017 1 16/07/2015 -38.4 -168.1 263 298

95129 3118 Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Isididae Acanella

Phil Alderslade 16/05/2017 1

95240 3281 Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Isididae Acanella

Phil Alderslade 16/05/2017 1 16/11/2015 -37.4 169 1046 1039

14399 Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Isididae Keratoisis

Phil Alderslade 17/05/2017 1 30/11/1998 -48.6 165 940 1180

66201 441 Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Isididae Keratoisis

Phil Alderslade 17/05/2017 1 25/09/2009 -53.5 140 1274 998


Phil Alderslade 19/05/2017 1 24/12/2009 -48.7 164.8 431 363


Phil Alderslade 19/05/2017 1 23/12/2009 -46.8 170.6


Phil Alderslade 19/05/2017 1 15/06/2010 -34 167.5 746 938


Phil Alderslade 19/05/2017 1 27/12/2010 -34.2 162.6 431 645


Phil Alderslade 19/05/2017 1 30/12/2010 -33.6 167.8 841 1049


Phil Alderslade 16/05/2017 1 14/12/2015 -35.9 165.6 686 1090


Phil Alderslade 16/05/2017 1 10/10/2016 -47.3 178.8 787

121403 37 Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Isididae Keratoisis hikurangiensis Phil

Alderslade 24/05/2017 1 16/08/2016 -41.9 169.8 965 963

65903 1056 Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Isididae Lepidisis solitaria Phil

Alderslade 19/05/2017 1 10/07/2010 -34.4 174.2 918 1077

65917 1070 Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Paragorgiidae Paragorgia alisonae Phil

Alderslade 18/05/2017 1 16/11/2008 -50 175 884 970


Alderslade 17/05/2017 1 16/11/2008 -50 175.1 916


NIWA Cat. No.


Determined Date


Depth 2


Alderslade 17/05/2017 1 16/11/2008 -50 175.1 916

66270 477 Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Paragorgiidae Paragorgia arborea Phil

Alderslade 17/05/2017 1 24/11/2009 -44.6 -177.6 996

65991 1207 Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Paragorgiidae Paragorgia arborea Phil

Alderslade 19/05/2017 1 18/11/2010 -44.3 179.3 1036

106531 3510 Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Paragorgiidae Paragorgia cf. alisonae Phil

Alderslade 16/05/2017 1 15/10/2016 -47.4 178.8 930 918

65896 1049 Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Paragorgiidae Paragorgia coralloides Phil

Alderslade 18/05/2017 1 29/06/2010 -34 168.2 836 955

65949 1124 Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Paragorgiidae Paragorgia coralloides Phil

Alderslade 18/05/2017 1 1/09/2010 -34.1 162.7 541 596

69538 1262 Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Paragorgiidae Paragorgia n. sp. α Phil

Alderslade 19/05/2017 1 30/12/2010 -33.6 167.8 776 998

88589 2599 Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Paragorgiidae Paragorgia n. sp. β Phil

Alderslade 18/05/2017 1 15/06/2010 -34 167.5 746 938

95221 3262 Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Plexauridae Anthomuricea

Phil Alderslade 16/05/2017 1 14/12/2015 -35.9 165.6 686 1090

95184 3206 Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Plexauridae Clematissa sp. A Phil

Alderslade 16/05/2017 1 16/07/2015 -38.4 -168.1 263 298

69602 1335 Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Plexauridae Clematissa sp. B Phil

Alderslade 17/05/2017 1 17/12/2010 -32.7 167.6 354 385

11305 Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Primnoidae

Phil Alderslade 17/05/2017 1 1/08/1997 -37 176.7 976

67863 Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Primnoidae ?Paranarella

Phil Alderslade 19/05/2017 1 14/11/2006 -49.3 176.3 1192 1300

65916 1069 Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Primnoidae ?Thouarella

Phil Alderslade 24/05/2017 1 14/11/2008 -49.5 175.7 702 1060

95235 3276 Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Primnoidae Calyptrophora inornata Phil

Alderslade 16/05/2017 1 27/11/2015 -37.4 167.5 730 946

113999 Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Primnoidae Dasystenella acanthina Phil

Alderslade 23/05/2017 2 8/10/1995 -44.7 174.9 818 800

106505 3493 Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Primnoidae Narella

Phil Alderslade 23/05/2017 1 21/10/2016 -34 162.6 504 703

106527 3503 Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Primnoidae Narella

Phil Alderslade 23/05/2017 1 19/10/2016 -34 162.6 505 743

67863 Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Primnoidae ?Paranarella

Phil Alderslade 19/05/2017 1 14/11/2006 -49.3 176.3 1192 1300

106532 3511 Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Primnoidae Primnoa notialis Phil

Alderslade 23/05/2017 1 11/10/2016 -47.3 178.9 911

65921 1074 Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Primnoidae Thouarella

Phil Alderslade 24/05/2017 1 13/11/2008 -49.3 176.3 1300 1278

66318 457 Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Subergorgiidae Rosgorgia

Phil Alderslade 22/05/2017 1 28/09/2009 -50.1 174.9 996 1011

106524 3500 Cnidaria Anthozoa Antipatharia Leiopathidae Leiopathes

Rob Stewart 15/03/2017 1 19/10/2016 -34 162.6 503 726

95182 3204 Cnidaria Anthozoa Antipatharia Leiopathidae Leiopathes acanthophora Rob

Stewart 20/03/2017 1 16/07/2015 -38.4 -168.1 263 298

95231 3272 Cnidaria Anthozoa Antipatharia Leiopathidae Leiopathes acanthophora Rob

Stewart 20/03/2017 1 27/11/2015 -37.4 167.5 730 946

95239 3280 Cnidaria Anthozoa Antipatharia Leiopathidae Leiopathes cf. bullosa Rob

Stewart 20/03/2017 1 16/11/2015 -37.4 169 1046 1039

69596 1329 Cnidaria Anthozoa Antipatharia Myriopathidae Antipathella

Rob Stewart 27/03/2017 1 15/12/2010 -32.5 166.8 367 356

106533 3514 Cnidaria Anthozoa Antipatharia Myriopathidae Antipathella

Rob Stewart 15/03/2017 1


NIWA Cat. No.


Determined Date


Depth 2

106520 3496 Cnidaria Anthozoa Antipatharia Schizopathidae ?Bathypathes

Rob Stewart 15/03/2017 1 19/10/2016 -34 162.6 503 726

88591 2601 Cnidaria Anthozoa Antipatharia Schizopathidae Bathypathes

Rob Stewart 27/03/2017 1 24/05/2010 -37.5 169.3 987


Rob Stewart 20/03/2017 1 16/07/2015 -38.4 -168.1 263 298


Rob Stewart 20/03/2017 1 27/11/2015 -37.4 167.5 730 946


Rob Stewart 15/03/2017 1 7/10/2016 -37.6 169.6 959 1066


Rob Stewart 15/03/2017 1 20/10/2016 -34.2 162.7 420 772


Rob Stewart 15/03/2017 1 19/10/2016 -34 162.6 499 733


Rob Stewart 15/03/2017 1 21/10/2016 -34 162.6 504 703

106518 3494 Cnidaria Anthozoa Antipatharia Schizopathidae Bathypathes cf. alternata Rob

Stewart 15/03/2017 1 20/10/2016 -34.2 162.6 419 770

88592 2602 Cnidaria Anthozoa Antipatharia Schizopathidae Lillipathes

Rob Stewart 27/03/2017 1

88617 2665 Cnidaria Anthozoa Antipatharia Schizopathidae Lillipathes cf. ritamariae Dennis

Opresko 26/09/2017 1 20/10/2013 -34.2 162.7 478 685

69647 1431 Cnidaria Anthozoa Antipatharia Schizopathidae Parantipathes

Rob Stewart 27/03/2017 1 10/01/2009 -42.7 -177.5 1251 1265

95234 3275 Cnidaria Anthozoa Antipatharia Schizopathidae Parantipathes

Rob Stewart 20/03/2017 1 27/11/2015 -37.4 167.5 730 946

88612 2611 Cnidaria Anthozoa Antipatharia Schizopathidae Stauropathes

Rob Stewart 27/03/2017 1 11/07/2013 -35.4 165.3 931 935

95177 3194 Cnidaria Anthozoa Antipatharia Stylopathidae ?Tylopathes

Rob Stewart 20/03/2017 1 11/08/2015 -34.6 169 566 419

95227 3268 Cnidaria Anthozoa Antipatharia Stylopathidae Triadopathes

Rob Stewart 20/03/2017 1 14/12/2015 -35.9 165.6 686 1090

95237 3278 Cnidaria Anthozoa Antipatharia Stylopathidae Triadopathes

Rob Stewart 20/03/2017 1 27/11/2015 -37.4 167.5 730 946

61979 653 Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Di Tracey 1/05/2017 1 22/02/2010 -49.2 164.3 820 1107

66445 272 Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Caryophyllia Di Tracey 1/05/2017 1 8/10/2009 -44.5 -174.9 1006 1081

106534 3519 Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Caryophyllia Di Tracey 7/03/2017 1 28/01/2017 -35.6 175.8

95153 3150 Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Caryophyllia lamellifera Di Tracey 1/05/2017 6 4/05/2015 -37 176.2

119690 3525 Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Caryophyllia lamellifera Di Tracey 1/05/2017 1 28/01/2017 -35.6 175.8

95152 3149 Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Caryophyllia profunda Di Tracey 1/05/2017 1 26/04/2015 -37.7 176.9

106482 3401 Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Caryophyllia profunda Di Tracey 1/05/2017 1 14/06/2016 -44.1 175.9 210 215

66439 32 Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Desmophyllum dianthus Di Tracey May-17 1 29/07/2009 -33.7 167.1 633 836

66443 230 Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Desmophyllum dianthus Di Tracey May-17 5 19/10/2009 -44.5 -178.6 730 936

66444 264 Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Desmophyllum dianthus Di Tracey 1/05/2017 1 8/10/2009 -44.5 -174.9 1040 1048

66446 288 Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Desmophyllum dianthus Di Tracey 1/05/2017 1 24/08/2009 -43.4 176.1 374 389


NIWA Cat. No.


Determined Date


Depth 2


66451 545 Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Desmophyllum dianthus Di Tracey May-17 3 10/01/2010 -44.5 -178.6 944

66452 546 Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Desmophyllum dianthus Di Tracey Apr-17 3 10/01/2010 -44.5 -178.7 660 940

95180 3202 Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Desmophyllum dianthus Di Tracey 1/05/2017 6 30/07/2015 -48.8 166.4 503


106502 3490 Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Desmophyllum dianthus Di Tracey 7/03/2017 4 18/10/2016 -49 166.6 560 558

106541 3532 Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Desmophyllum dianthus Di Tracey 1/05/2017 1

106555 3557 Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Desmophyllum dianthus Di Tracey 18/05/2017 1

113819 Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Goniocorella dumosa Di Tracey 3/08/2016 1 21/06/2016 -42.8 -176.9 745 920

113821 Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Goniocorella dumosa Di Tracey 30/06/2016 1 30/06/2016 -42.6 -179.9 1043 1230

69625 1395 Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Goniocorella dumosa Di Tracey 1/05/2017 1 2/11/2010 -37.4 176.4 370

66377 232 Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Solenosmilia variabilis Di Tracey Apr-17 1 22/10/2009 -44.7 -175.4 1090 1303



65596 374 Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Solenosmilia variabilis Di Tracey 1/05/2017 1

66394 400 Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Solenosmilia variabilis Di Tracey Apr-17 1 17/11/2009 -50.1 163.5 1075 1210

66397 501 Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Solenosmilia variabilis Di Tracey Apr-17 1 30/11/2009 -44.6 -175.1 1007

66398 518 Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Solenosmilia variabilis Di Tracey Apr-17 1 28/12/2009 -50.2 165.8 695

66399 519 Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Solenosmilia variabilis Di Tracey Apr-17 1 27/12/2009 -50.2 163.7 1000

66400 520 Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Solenosmilia variabilis Di Tracey 1/05/2017 1 27/12/2009 -50.3 163.6 617


66402 524 Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Solenosmilia variabilis Di Tracey Apr-17 1 27/12/2009 -50 163.7 930 1123

65996 1214 Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Solenosmilia variabilis Di Tracey Apr-17 1 28/09/2010 -40.6 176.9

69508 1227 Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Solenosmilia variabilis Di Tracey Apr-17 1 27/11/2010 -37.7 179.3 1064 1201

95185 3207 Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Solenosmilia variabilis Di Tracey 1/05/2017 1 12/07/2015 -41.9 -163.7 909 883

106526 3502 Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Stephanocyathus Di Tracey 7/03/2017 1 10/10/2016 -37.2 167.2 1027 985

65470 262 Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Dendrophylliidae Enallopsammia rostrata Di Tracey Apr-17 1 23/10/2009 -44.5 -174.9 1020 1091

65473 352 Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Dendrophylliidae Enallopsammia rostrata Di Tracey Apr-17 1 24/10/2009 -44.3 -174.6 1263 1316


NIWA Cat. No.


Determined Date


Depth 2

120561 488 Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Dendrophylliidae Enallopsammia rostrata Di Tracey 1/05/2017 1 24/11/2009 -44.5 -178.6 710

61900 552 Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Dendrophylliidae Enallopsammia rostrata Di Tracey Apr-17 1 12/02/2010 -37.3 168.1 922

65657 1015 Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Dendrophylliidae Enallopsammia rostrata Di Tracey Apr-17 1 25/11/2008 -47.5 177.9 606 942

65986 1202 Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Dendrophylliidae Enallopsammia rostrata Di Tracey 1/05/2017 1 23/11/2010 -38.3 168.4 293 303

106528 3504 Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Dendrophylliidae Enallopsammia rostrata Di Tracey 7/03/2017 1 20/10/2016 -34.2 162.7 420 772

106529 3505 Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Dendrophylliidae Enallopsammia rostrata Di Tracey 7/03/2017 1 9/10/2016 -37.1 167 960 1114

106504 3492 Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Flabellidae Flabellum Di Tracey 7/03/2017 1 19/10/2016 -50.9 167.7

95112 3069 Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Flabellidae Flabellum knoxi Di Tracey 1/05/2017 1 8/12/2014 -44.2 173.5 300 292



106542 3533 Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Flabellidae Flabellum knoxi Di Tracey 1/05/2017 1

65494 212 Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Oculinidae Madrepora oculata Di Tracey Apr-17 2 26/10/2009 -44.5 178.6 730 913

65495 216 Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Oculinidae Madrepora oculata Di Tracey Apr-17 1 23/10/2009 -44.3 -174.6 1067 1067




65502 488 Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Oculinidae Madrepora oculata Di Tracey 1/05/2017 1 24/11/2009 -44.5 -178.6 710

65505 517 Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Oculinidae Madrepora oculata Di Tracey Apr-17 1 14/01/2010 -43.8 -174.3 800 1062

65507 526 Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Oculinidae Madrepora oculata Di Tracey 1/05/2017 1 10/01/2010 -44.5 -178.7 660 940

65648 1024 Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Oculinidae Madrepora oculata Di Tracey 1/05/2017 1 23/11/2008 -47.6 177.9 981 969



95243 3290 Cnidaria Hydrozoa Anthoathecata Stylasteridae Conopora laevis Peter

Marriott 20/03/2017 1 25/12/2015 -49.1 166.6 570

106503 3491 Cnidaria Hydrozoa Anthoathecata Stylasteridae Conopora verrucosa Peter

Marriott 4/04/2017 1 18/10/2016 -49 166.6 560 558

106536 3521 Cnidaria Hydrozoa Anthoathecata Stylasteridae Crypthelia polypoma Peter

Marriott 17/03/2017 1 28/01/2017 -35.6 175.8

119714 3525 Cnidaria Hydrozoa Anthoathecata Stylasteridae Crypthelia polypoma Peter

Marriott 4/04/2017 1 28/01/2017 -35.6 175.8

106535 3520 Cnidaria Hydrozoa Anthoathecata Stylasteridae Errina chathamensis Peter

Marriott 17/03/2017 1 28/01/2017 -35.6 175.8

65562 268 Cnidaria Hydrozoa Anthoathecata Stylasteridae Errina cheilopora Peter

Marriott 17/03/2017 3 8/10/2009 -44.5 -174.9 1006 1081


NIWA Cat. No.


Determined Date


Depth 2

95252 3322 Cnidaria Hydrozoa Anthoathecata Stylasteridae Errina laevigata Peter

Marriott 23/03/2017 1 8/03/2016 -49.9 166.2 202

119713 3525 Cnidaria Hydrozoa Anthoathecata Stylasteridae Errina novaezelandiae Peter

Marriott 4/04/2017 1 28/01/2017 -35.6 175.8

106537 3525 Cnidaria Hydrozoa Anthoathecata Stylasteridae Lepidopora polystichopora Peter

Marriott 4/04/2017 1 28/01/2017 -35.6 175.8

106538 3529 Cnidaria Hydrozoa Anthoathecata Stylasteridae Stylaster eguchii Peter

Marriott 17/03/2017 1 28/01/2017 -35.6 175.8

119712 3525 Cnidaria Hydrozoa Anthoathecata Stylasteridae Stylaster horologium Peter

Marriott 4/04/2017 1 28/01/2017 -35.6 175.8


Appendix B COD extract spreadsheet produced after data loading

NIWA Cat. no.

MPI species Code Target species FMA Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Determiner

Sample count

Event End Date

11305 PRI ORH AKE Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Primnoidae

indet. Phil Alderslade 1

14396 ISI ORH TMAR Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Isididae indet. Phil Alderslade 1





14389 ISI SSO TMAR Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Isididae indet. Phil Alderslade 1


14399 BOO OEO SOU Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Isididae Keratoisis Phil Alderslade 1

14390 ISI OEO SOU Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Isididae indet. Phil Alderslade 1

14400 ISI OEO SOU Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Isididae indet. Phil Alderslade 1

14414 ISI ORH AKW Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Isididae indet. Phil Alderslade 1



121552 ISI Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Isididae indet. Phil Alderslade 1

67863 PRI OEO SUB Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Primnoidae Paranarella Phil Alderslade 1

44360 SOC SSO SEC Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Acanthogorgiidae Acanthogorgia Phil Alderslade 1 11/10/2007

42486 SOC BOE SUB Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Acanthogorgiidae Acanthogorgia Phil Alderslade 1 17/07/2008

62915 SOC ORH SOE Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Anthothelidae Anthothela Phil Alderslade 1 12/11/2008

65918 ISI SSO SEC Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Isididae Isidella Phil Alderslade 1 10/11/2008

65921 THO BOE SUB Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Primnoidae Thouarella Phil Alderslade 1 13/11/2008

65916 THO BOE SUB Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Primnoidae Thouarella Phil Alderslade 1 14/11/2008

65926 PAB BOE SUB Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Paragorgiidae Paragorgia alisonae Phil Alderslade 1 16/11/2008

65917 PAB BOE SUB Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Paragorgiidae Paragorgia alisonae Phil Alderslade 1 16/11/2008

65648 MOC SSO SUB Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Oculinidae Madrepora oculata Di Tracey 1 23/11/2008

65657 ERO SSO SUB Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Dendrophylliidae Enallopsammia rostrata Di Tracey 1 25/11/2008


NIWA Cat. no.


Sample count

Event End Date

69647 PTP ORH SOE Cnidaria Anthozoa Antipatharia Schizopathidae Parantipathes Rob Stewart 1 10/01/2009

66241 ISI ORH CET Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Isididae indet. Phil Alderslade 1 13/07/2009

66439 DDI ORH WANB Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Desmophyllum dianthus Di Tracey 1 29/07/2009

66246 ISI SSO SEC Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Isididae indet. Phil Alderslade 1 12/09/2009

65501 MOC BOE SEC Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Oculinidae Madrepora oculata Di Tracey 1 18/09/2009

65499 MOC SSO SUB Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Oculinidae Madrepora oculata Di Tracey 1 21/09/2009

66318 SOC BOE SUB Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Subergorgiidae Rosgorgia Phil Alderslade 1 28/09/2009

66446 DDI SCI SOE Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Desmophyllum dianthus Di Tracey 1 24/08/2009

65596 SVA Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Solenosmilia variabilis Di Tracey 1

66201 BOO Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Isididae Keratoisis Phil Alderslade 1

66445 CAY ORH SOE Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Caryophyllia Di Tracey 1 8/10/2009

65562 ERR ORH SOE Cnidaria Hydrozoa Anthoathecata Stylasteridae Errina cheilopora Peter Marriott 3 8/10/2009

66444 DDI ORH SOE Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Desmophyllum dianthus Di Tracey 1 8/10/2009

66391 SVA ORH SOE Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Solenosmilia variabilis Di Tracey 1 9/10/2009

66443 DDI SSO SOE Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Desmophyllum dianthus Di Tracey 5 19/10/2009


65470 ERO ORH SOE Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Dendrophylliidae Enallopsammia rostrata Di Tracey 1 23/10/2009

65495 MOC ORH SOE Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Oculinidae Madrepora oculata Di Tracey 1 23/10/2009




65494 MOC SSO SOE Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Oculinidae Madrepora oculata Di Tracey 2 26/10/2009

65498 MOC SSO SOE Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Oculinidae Madrepora oculata Di Tracey 1 26/10/2009

66394 SVA OEO SUB Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Solenosmilia variabilis Di Tracey 1 17/11/2009

66312 ISI ORH SUB Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Isididae indet. Phil Alderslade 1 23/11/2009



66270 PAB SSO SOE Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Paragorgiidae Paragorgia arborea Phil Alderslade 1 24/11/2009



NIWA Cat. no.


Sample count

Event End Date

66213 BOO SSO SEC Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Isididae Keratoisis Phil Alderslade 1 23/12/2009

66212 BOO WWA SOU Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Isididae Keratoisis Phil Alderslade 1 24/12/2009

66402 SVA SSO SUB Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Solenosmilia variabilis Di Tracey 1 27/12/2009



66398 SVA SSO SOI Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Solenosmilia variabilis Di Tracey 1 28/12/2009

66214 ISI BOE SOE Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Isididae Isidella Phil Alderslade 1 9/01/2010


66452 DDI BOE SOE Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Desmophyllum dianthus Di Tracey 3 10/01/2010

65507 MOC BOE SOE Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Oculinidae Madrepora oculata Di Tracey 1 10/01/2010



61900 ERO ORH CET Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Dendrophylliidae Enallopsammia rostrata Di Tracey 1 12/02/2010

61979 SIA BOE SUB Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Di Tracey 1 22/02/2010

88591 BTP ORH CET Cnidaria Anthozoa Antipatharia Schizopathidae Bathypathes Rob Stewart 1 24/05/2010

88588 BOO ORH WANB Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Isididae Keratoisis Phil Alderslade 1 15/06/2010

88589 PAB ORH WANB Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Paragorgiidae Paragorgia n. sp. B Phil Alderslade 1 15/06/2010

65896 PAB ORH AKW Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Paragorgiidae Paragorgia coralloides Phil Alderslade 1 29/06/2010

65905 CHR ORH AKE Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Chrysogorgiidae Chrysogorgia Phil Alderslade 1 10/07/2010

65903 LLE ORH AKE Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Isididae Lepidisis solitaria Phil Alderslade 1 10/07/2010

65904 SOC ORH AKE Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Chrysogorgiidae Pseudochrysogorgia n. sp. Phil Alderslade 1 10/07/2010

88592 LIL Cnidaria Anthozoa Antipatharia Schizopathidae Lillipathes Rob Stewart 1

65949 PAB BYX HOWE Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Paragorgiidae Paragorgia coralloides Phil Alderslade 1 1/09/2010

65996 SVA SCI CEE Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Solenosmilia variabilis Di Tracey 1 28/09/2010

69519 BOO SCI AKE Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Isididae Keratoisis Phil Alderslade 1 2/11/2010

69625 GDU SCI AKE Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Goniocorella dumosa Di Tracey 1 2/11/2010

65994 MOC SSO SEC Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Oculinidae Madrepora oculata Di Tracey 1 5/11/2010

65993 BOO BOE SEC Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Isididae Keratoisis Phil Alderslade 1 5/11/2010

65991 PAB SSO SOE Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Paragorgiidae Paragorgia arborea Phil Alderslade 1 18/11/2010


NIWA Cat. no.


Sample count

Event End Date

69541 MOC HOK SOE Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Oculinidae Madrepora oculata Di Tracey 1 30/11/2010

69540 CHR HOK SOE Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Chrysogorgiidae Chrysogorgia Phil Alderslade 1 6/12/2010

69508 SVA ORH CEE Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Solenosmilia variabilis Di Tracey 1 27/11/2010

65986 ERO BNS CET Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Dendrophylliidae Enallopsammia rostrata Di Tracey 1 24/11/2010

121481 CHR ORH WANB Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Chrysogorgiidae Chrysogorgia curvata Phil Alderslade 1 24/12/2010

69549 CHR ORH WANB Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Chrysogorgiidae Chrysogorgia tetrasticha Phil Alderslade 1 24/12/2010

69552 BOO BYS HOWE Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Isididae Keratoisis Phil Alderslade 1 27/12/2010

69550 MTL ORH HOWE Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Chrysogorgiidae Metallogorgia melanotrichos Phil Alderslade 1 31/12/2010

69596 AHL BNS WANB Cnidaria Anthozoa Antipatharia Myriopathidae Antipathella Rob Stewart 1 15/12/2010

69602 PLE BNS WANB Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Plexauridae Clematissa sp. B Phil Alderslade 1 17/12/2010

69533 CHR ORH AKW Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Chrysogorgiidae Chrysogorgia Phil Alderslade 1 29/12/2010

69580 BOO ORH WANB Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Isididae Keratoisis Phil Alderslade 1 30/12/2010

69538 PAB ORH WANB Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Paragorgiidae Paragorgia n. sp. Phil Alderslade 1 30/12/2010

88593 BOO WWA SOU Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Isididae Keratoisis Phil Alderslade 1 16/07/2013

88612 COB ORH HOWE Cnidaria Anthozoa Antipatharia Schizopathidae Stauropathes Rob Stewart 1 11/07/2013

88639 SOC BAS WANB Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Acanthogorgiidae Acanthogorgia Phil Alderslade 1 9/11/2013

95112 COF SWA SEC Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Flabellidae Flabellum knoxi Di Tracey 1 9/12/2014

95152 CAY TAR AKE Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Caryophyllia profunda Di Tracey 1 26/04/2015

95153 CAY TAR AKE Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Caryophyllia lamellifera Di Tracey 6 4/05/2015

95129 ACN ORH CET Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Isididae Acanella Phil Alderslade 1 10/04/2015

95186 DDI ORH LOUR Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Desmophyllum dianthus Di Tracey 1 12/07/2015

95185 SVA ORH LOUR Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Solenosmilia variabilis Di Tracey 1 12/07/2015

95183 BOO HPB LOUR Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Isididae Keratoisis Phil Alderslade 1 16/07/2015

95181 BTP HPB LOUR Cnidaria Anthozoa Antipatharia Schizopathidae Bathypathes Rob Stewart 1 16/07/2015

95182 LEI HPB LOUR Cnidaria Anthozoa Antipatharia Leiopathidae Leiopathes acanthophora Rob Stewart 1 16/07/2015

95184 PLE HPB LOUR Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Plexauridae Clematissa sp. A Phil Alderslade 1 16/07/2015

95179 CLL WWA SOU Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Coralliidae Corallium Peter Marriott 1 30/07/2015

95180 DDI WWA SOU Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Desmophyllum dianthus Di Tracey 6 30/07/2015

95177 COB BYX AKW Cnidaria Anthozoa Antipatharia Stylopathidae Tylopathes Rob Stewart 1 11/08/2015


NIWA Cat. no.


Sample count

Event End Date

95240 ACN ORH CET Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Isididae Acanella Phil Alderslade 1 16/11/2015

95239 LEI ORH CET Cnidaria Anthozoa Antipatharia Leiopathidae Leiopathes cf. bullosa Rob Stewart 1 16/11/2015


95235 CTP ORH CET Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Primnoidae Calyptrophora inornata Phil Alderslade 1 27/11/2015

95231 LEI ORH CET Cnidaria Anthozoa Antipatharia Leiopathidae Leiopathes acanthophora Rob Stewart 1 27/11/2015

95234 PTP ORH CET Cnidaria Anthozoa Antipatharia Schizopathidae Parantipathes Rob Stewart 1 27/11/2015

95237 TDP ORH CET Cnidaria Anthozoa Antipatharia Stylopathidae Triadopathes Rob Stewart 1 27/11/2015

95223 BOO ORH HOWE Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Isididae Keratoisis Phil Alderslade 1 14/12/2015

95226 CHR ORH HOWE Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Chrysogorgiidae Chrysogorgia Phil Alderslade 1 14/12/2015

95221 PLE ORH HOWE Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Plexauridae Anthomuricea Phil Alderslade 1 14/12/2015

95227 TDP ORH HOWE Cnidaria Anthozoa Antipatharia Stylopathidae Triadopathes Rob Stewart 1 14/12/2015

95243 COO HAK SUB Cnidaria Hydrozoa Anthoathecata Stylasteridae Conopora laevis Peter Marriott 1 25/12/2015

95252 ERR SQU SOI Cnidaria Hydrozoa Anthoathecata Stylasteridae Errina laevigata Peter Marriott 1 8/03/2016

106475 COF HOK SEC Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Flabellidae Flabellum knoxi Di Tracey 1 15/05/2016

106482 CAY SQU SEC Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Caryophyllia profunda Di Tracey 1 14/06/2016

106476 COF SQU SEC Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Flabellidae Flabellum knoxi Di Tracey 5 15/06/2016

106530 BOO ORH SUB Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Isididae Keratoisis Phil Alderslade 1 10/10/2016

106532 PMN SSO SUB Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Primnoidae Primnoa notialis Phil Alderslade 1 11/10/2016

106531 PAB SSO SUB Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Paragorgiidae Paragorgia cf. alisonae Phil Alderslade 1 15/10/2016

106504 COF SCI SOI Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Flabellidae Flabellum Di Tracey 1 19/10/2016


106529 ERO ORH CET Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Dendrophylliidae Enallopsammia rostrata Di Tracey 1 9/10/2016

106526 SIA ORH CET Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Stephanocyathus Di Tracey 1 10/10/2016

106527 NAR BYS HOWE Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Primnoidae Narella Phil Alderslade 1 19/10/2016

106520 BTP BYS HOWE Cnidaria Anthozoa Antipatharia Schizopathidae Bathypathes Rob Stewart 1 19/10/2016

106524 LEI BYS HOWE Cnidaria Anthozoa Antipatharia Leiopathidae Leiopathes Rob Stewart 1 19/10/2016



106528 ERO BYS HOWE Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Dendrophylliidae Enallopsammia rostrata Di Tracey 1 20/10/2016


NIWA Cat. no.


Sample count

Event End Date

106518 BTP BYS HOWE Cnidaria Anthozoa Antipatharia Schizopathidae Bathypathes cf. alternata Rob Stewart 1 21/10/2016

106525 MTL BYS HOWE Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Chrysogorgiidae Metallogorgia macrospina Phil Alderslade 1 21/10/2016


106505 NAR BYS HOWE Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Primnoidae Narella Phil Alderslade 1 21/10/2016

106503 COO LIN SUB Cnidaria Hydrozoa Anthoathecata Stylasteridae Conopora verrucosa Peter Marriott 1 19/10/2016

106502 DDI LIN SUB Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Desmophyllum dianthus Di Tracey 4 19/10/2016

106533 AHL TRE AKE Cnidaria Anthozoa Antipatharia Myriopathidae Antipathella Rob Stewart 1 20/02/2017

106534 CAY BAS AKE Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Caryophyllia Di Tracey 1 29/01/2017

119690 CAY BAS AKE Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Caryophyllia lamellifera Di Tracey 1 29/01/2017

106536 CRY BAS AKE Cnidaria Hydrozoa Anthoathecata Stylasteridae Crypthelia polypoma Peter Marriott 1 29/01/2017

119714 CRY BAS AKE Cnidaria Hydrozoa Anthoathecata Stylasteridae Crypthelia polypoma Peter Marriott 1 29/01/2017

119713 ERR BAS AKE Cnidaria Hydrozoa Anthoathecata Stylasteridae Errina novaezelandiae Peter Marriott 1 29/01/2017

106535 ERR BAS AKE Cnidaria Hydrozoa Anthoathecata Stylasteridae Errina chathamensis Peter Marriott 1 29/01/2017

106537 LPP BAS AKE Cnidaria Hydrozoa Anthoathecata Stylasteridae Lepidopora polystichopora Peter Marriott 1 29/01/2017

119712 STL BAS AKE Cnidaria Hydrozoa Anthoathecata Stylasteridae Stylaster horologium Peter Marriott 1 29/01/2017

106538 STL BAS AKE Cnidaria Hydrozoa Anthoathecata Stylasteridae Stylaster eguchii Peter Marriott 1 29/01/2017

106542 COF HOK SOE Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Flabellidae Flabellum knoxi Di Tracey 1 20/02/2017

106541 DDI HOK SOE Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Desmophyllum dianthus Di Tracey 1 24/02/2017


Appendix C Spreadsheet summary of digital images processed to date NIWA Cat. No.

Target species FMA

Fishing method Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Determiner

Determined Date Event end Latitude Longitude Depth 1 Depth 2 Image timestamp Image rating

ORH SOE TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Solenosmilia variabilis Di Tracey 16/05/2017 15/06/2015 11:11 -42.7 182.7 911 1045 15/06/2015 11:46 1

ORH LOUR TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Primnoidae Thouarella Phil Alderslade 16/05/2017 4/07/2015 14:10 -40.7 194.6 670 1080 4/07/2015 15:06 3

ORH LOUR TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Solenosmilia variabilis Di Tracey 16/05/2017 4/07/2015 14:10 -40.7 194.6 670 1080 4/07/2015 15:08 3

ORH LOUR TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Di Tracey 16/05/2017 9/07/2015 20:42 -41.4 195.7 778 790 9/07/2015 21:32 4

HOK CHA TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Caryophyllia Di Tracey 16/05/2017 6/07/2015 5:30 -41.9 170.2 696 631 6/07/2015 6:53 2

HOK CHA TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Caryophyllia Di Tracey 16/05/2017 11/07/2015 11:55 -41.1 170.8 488 488 11/07/2015 16:05 2

HOK CHA TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Stephanocyathus Di Tracey 16/05/2017 8/07/2015 5:29 -41.7 170.2 719 682 8/07/2015 8:32 1

ORH SOU TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Primnoidae Phil Alderslade 16/05/2017 7/07/2015 2:46 -47.3 165.8 7/07/2015 6:08 4

ORH SOU TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Solenosmilia variabilis Di Tracey 16/05/2017 7/07/2015 2:46 -47.3 165.8 7/07/2015 6:06 4

ORH SOU TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Solenosmilia variabilis Di Tracey 16/05/2017 7/07/2015 2:46 -47.3 165.8 7/07/2015 6:06 3

ORH SOU TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Dendrophylliidae Dendrophyllia Di Tracey 16/05/2017 7/07/2015 2:46 -47.3 165.8 7/07/2015 6:07 3

ORH SOU TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Isididae Phil Alderslade 16/05/2017 7/07/2015 5:28 -47.3 165.8 9/07/2015 14:25 4

ORH SOU TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Plexauridae Phil Alderslade 16/05/2017 7/07/2015 5:28 -47.3 165.8 9/07/2015 14:25 4

ORH SOU TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Primnoidae Phil Alderslade 16/05/2017 8/07/2015 21:33 -47.3 165.8 9/07/2015 14:41 4

ORH SOE TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Primnoidae Thouarella Phil Alderslade 16/05/2017 21/07/2015 9:06 -42.8 182.1 1044 21/07/2015 17:37 3

ORH SOE TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Primnoidae Thouarella Phil Alderslade 16/05/2017 21/07/2015 9:06 -42.8 182.1 1044 21/07/2015 17:37 3

LIN CHA BLL Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Plexauridae Phil Alderslade 16/05/2017 11/07/2015 13:03 -40.7 171.4 286 336 11/07/2015 13:38 3

LIN CHA BLL Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Plexauridae Phil Alderslade 16/05/2017 11/07/2015 13:03 -40.7 171.4 286 336 11/07/2015 13:38 3

LIN CHA BLL Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Primnoidae Phil Alderslade 16/05/2017 11/07/2015 13:03 -40.7 171.4 286 336 11/07/2015 13:38 3

LIN CHA BLL Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Primnoidae Phil Alderslade 16/05/2017 11/07/2015 13:03 -40.7 171.4 286 336 11/07/2015 13:38 3

ORH LOUR TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Solenosmilia variabilis Di Tracey 16/05/2017 13/07/2015 9:39 -41.8 196.2 13/07/2015 10:28 3

ORH LOUR TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Goniocorella dumosa Di Tracey 16/05/2017 16/07/2015 9:40 -40.8 194.8 16/07/2015 10:42 1


ORH LOUR TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Desmophyllum dianthus Di Tracey 16/05/2017 17/07/2015 6:16 -40.7 194.6 976 846 17/07/2015 7:30 3




ORH LOUR TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Solenosmilia variabilis Di Tracey 16/05/2017 9/07/2015 17:14 -41.8 196.3 1006 9/07/2015 22:57 2



95186 ORH LOUR TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Desmophyllum dianthus Di Tracey 1/05/2017 12/07/2015 19:15 -41.8 196.3 878 874 12/07/2015 20:29 2

95185 ORH LOUR TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Solenosmilia variabilis Di Tracey 1/05/2017 12/07/2015 19:15 -41.8 196.3 878 874 12/07/2015 20:29 2







95183 HPB LOUR TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Isididae ? Keratoisis Phil Alderslade 16/05/2017 16/07/2015 7:35 -38.4 191.9 16/07/2015 9:14 2

95184 HPB LOUR TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Plexauridae Clematissa sp. A Phil Alderslade 16/05/2017 16/07/2015 7:35 -38.4 191.9 16/07/2015 9:22 4

95184 HPB LOUR TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Plexauridae Clematissa sp. A Phil Alderslade 16/05/2017 16/07/2015 7:35 -38.4 191.9 16/07/2015 9:17 1

95182 HPB LOUR TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Antipatharia Leiopathidae Leiopathes acanthophora Rob Stewart 20/03/2017 16/07/2015 7:35 -38.4 191.9 16/07/2015 9:11 3

HPB LOUR TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Antipatharia Leiopathidae Leiopathes Di Tracey 16/05/2017 16/07/2015 7:35 -38.4 191.9 16/07/2015 9:11 1


NIWA Cat. No.

Target species FMA



95181 HPB LOUR TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Antipatharia Schizopathidae Bathypathes Rob Stewart 20/03/2017 16/07/2015 7:35 -38.4 191.9 16/07/2015 9:08 3

95181 HPB LOUR TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Antipatharia Schizopathidae Bathypathes Rob Stewart 20/03/2017 16/07/2015 7:35 -38.4 191.9 16/07/2015 9:07 1

ORH LOUR TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Isididae Phil Alderslade 16/05/2017 27/07/2015 14:05 -45.4 202.3 27/07/2015 15:20 2

ORH LOUR TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Plexauridae Phil Alderslade 16/05/2017 31/07/2015 16:59 -46.1 205.6 682 31/07/2015 17:49 1

SCI SOE TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Goniocorella dumosa Di Tracey 16/05/2017 9/08/2015 12:58 -43.2 176.3 350 350 9/08/2015 14:55 3

95179 WWA SOU TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Coralliidae Corallium Peter (Chazz) Marriott 23/03/2017 30/07/2015 19:10 -48.7 166.4 503 30/07/2015 20:53 3

95179 WWA SOU TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Coralliidae Corallium Peter (Chazz) Marriott 23/03/2017 30/07/2015 19:10 -48.7 166.4 503 30/07/2015 20:35 3

95180 WWA SOU TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Desmophyllum dianthus Di Tracey 1/05/2017 30/07/2015 19:10 -48.7 166.4 503 30/07/2015 20:53 3

95180 WWA SOU TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Desmophyllum dianthus Di Tracey 1/05/2017 30/07/2015 19:10 -48.7 166.4 503 30/07/2015 20:35 3

ORH AKW TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Stephanocyathus Di Tracey 16/05/2017 28/07/2015 19:18 -36 172.9 1051 991 28/07/2015 20:12 3

BYX AKW TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Isididae Keratoisis Phil Alderslade 16/05/2017 9/08/2015 16:15 -34.6 168.9 561 705 9/08/2015 17:54 3

BYX AKW TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Isididae Acanella Phil Alderslade 16/05/2017 9/08/2015 18:47 -34.6 168.9 566 710 9/08/2015 20:16 3

BYX AKW TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Primnoidae Thouarella Phil Alderslade 16/05/2017 10/08/2015 10:20 -34.6 168.9 588 941 10/08/2015 12:13 3

BYX AKW TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Primnoidae Phil Alderslade 16/05/2017 10/08/2015 10:20 -34.6 168.9 588 941 10/08/2015 12:13 3


BYX AKW TWL Cnidaria Hydrozoa Anthoathecata Stylasteridae Di Tracey 16/05/2017 10/08/2015 13:22 -34.6 168.9 587 782 10/08/2015 14:15 3

BYX AKW TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Chrysogorgiidae Phil Alderslade 16/05/2017 10/08/2015 17:45 -34.6 168.9 605 870 10/08/2015 18:37 3

BYX AKW TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Chrysogorgiidae Phil Alderslade 16/05/2017 10/08/2015 17:45 -34.6 168.9 605 870 10/08/2015 19:14 3


LIN SOE TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Goniocorella dumosa Di Tracey 16/05/2017 22/09/2015 9:33 -43.4 181.8 378 374 22/09/2015 10:39 3

LIN SOE BLL Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Isididae Isidella Phil Alderslade 16/05/2017 16/10/2015 5:59 -43.4 180.7 454 386 16/10/2015 7:49 1



LIN SOE BLL Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Isididae Keratoisis Phil Alderslade 16/05/2017 16/10/2015 10:52 -43.5 180.7 480 433 16/10/2015 11:25 2

ORH CET TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Primnoidae Thouarella Phil Alderslade 16/05/2017 9/10/2015 15:57 -37.2 167.2 650 9/10/2015 17:43 4

ORH CET TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Primnoidae Thouarella Phil Alderslade 16/05/2017 9/10/2015 15:57 -37.2 167.2 650 9/10/2015 17:43 3

BNS CET BLL Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Plexauridae Phil Alderslade 16/05/2017 9/10/2015 14:30 -38.2 168.4 437 484 9/10/2015 16:57 3

ORH SOE TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Coralliidae Corallium Di Tracey 16/05/2017 10/01/2016 7:03 -44.6 184.7 860 10/01/2016 8:26 1

ORH SOE TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Paragorgiidae Paragorgia Phil Alderslade 16/05/2017 18/01/2016 13:53 -44.4 185.3 1387 18/01/2016 16:54 1

LIN SOU TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Coralliidae Corallium Di Tracey 16/05/2017 19/11/2015 18:30 -46.9 165.6 580 19/11/2015 19:36 3

LIN SOU TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Coralliidae Corallium Di Tracey 16/05/2017 19/11/2015 18:30 -46.9 165.6 580 19/11/2015 19:36 3

95240 ORH CET TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Isididae Acanella Phil Alderslade 16/05/2017 16/11/2015 12:07 -37.3 169 1045 16/11/2015 17:47 3

95240 ORH CET TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Isididae Acanella Phil Alderslade 16/05/2017 16/11/2015 12:07 -37.3 169 1045 16/11/2015 17:47 3

95239 ORH CET TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Antipatharia Leiopathidae Leiopathes cf. bullosa Rob Stewart 20/03/2017 16/11/2015 12:07 -37.3 169 1045 16/11/2015 17:43 3

95239 ORH CET TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Antipatharia Leiopathidae Leiopathes cf. bullosa Rob Stewart 20/03/2017 16/11/2015 12:07 -37.3 169 1045 16/11/2015 17:43 3

95235 ORH CET TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Primnoidae Calyptrophora inornata Phil Alderslade 16/05/2017 27/11/2015 6:42 -37.4 167.4 963 925 27/11/2015 7:59 3

95231 ORH CET TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Antipatharia Leiopathidae Leiopathes acanthophora Rob Stewart 20/03/2017 27/11/2015 6:42 -37.4 167.4 963 925 27/11/2015 8:05 4

95231 ORH CET TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Antipatharia Leiopathidae Leiopathes acanthophora Rob Stewart 20/03/2017 27/11/2015 6:42 -37.4 167.4 963 925 27/11/2015 8:03 4

95226 ORH HOWE TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Chrysogorgiidae Chrysogorgia Phil Alderslade 16/05/2017 14/12/2015 18:37 -35.9 165.5 1109 1063 14/12/2015 20:23 1

95223 ORH HOWE TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Isididae Keratoisis Phil Alderslade 16/05/2017 14/12/2015 18:37 -35.9 165.5 1109 1063 14/12/2015 19:18 3

95221 ORH HOWE TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Plexauridae Anthomuricea Phil Alderslade 16/05/2017 14/12/2015 18:37 -35.9 165.5 1109 1063 14/12/2015 20:25 1

ORH CET TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Plexauridae Phil Alderslade 16/05/2017 17/12/2015 0:14 -37.3 168.7 1055 1027 17/12/2015 1:34 3


Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Solenosmilia variabilis Di Tracey 16/05/2017 6/01/2016 9:44 3

HAK SOU TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Desmophyllum dianthus Di Tracey 16/05/2017 11/12/2015 18:47 -48.9 166.5 520 446 11/12/2015 20:16 1


NIWA Cat. No.

Target species FMA



HAK SOU TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Goniocorella dumosa Di Tracey 16/05/2017 11/12/2015 18:47 -48.9 166.5 520 446 11/12/2015 20:17 1

HAK SUB TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Flabellidae Flabellum Di Tracey 16/05/2017 12/12/2015 16:25 -49 166.7 459 570 12/12/2015 17:37 1

WWA SUB TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Primnoidae Thouarella Phil Alderslade 16/05/2017 18/12/2015 20:00 -49 166.8 462 498 18/12/2015 21:19 1

WWA SUB TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Desmophyllum dianthus Di Tracey 16/05/2017 18/12/2015 20:00 -49 166.8 462 498 18/12/2015 21:11 1

WWA SUB TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Desmophyllum dianthus Di Tracey 16/05/2017 18/12/2015 20:00 -49 166.8 462 498 18/12/2015 21:08 1

WWA SUB TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Goniocorella dumosa Di Tracey 16/05/2017 18/12/2015 20:00 -49 166.8 462 498 18/12/2015 21:08 1

WWA SUB TWL Cnidaria Hydrozoa Anthoathecata Stylasteridae Lepidotheca Di Tracey 16/05/2017 18/12/2015 20:00 -49 166.8 462 498 18/12/2015 21:18 1

JMA CEW TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Antipatharia Leiopathidae Leiopathes Di Tracey 16/05/2017 15/01/2016 4:00 -39.7 173.3 102 1/01/2016 18:10 3

JMA CEW TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Antipatharia Leiopathidae Leiopathes Di Tracey 16/05/2017 15/01/2016 4:00 -39.7 173.3 102 1/01/2016 18:09 2

HAK SUB TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Desmophyllum dianthus Di Tracey 16/05/2017 18/01/2016 15:25 -49 166.7 480 479 18/01/2016 16:38 2

SWA SOU TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Desmophyllum dianthus Di Tracey 16/05/2017 29/01/2016 20:10 -48.9 166.7 450 273 29/01/2016 22:48 3

ORH SOE TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Goniocorella dumosa Di Tracey 16/05/2017 19/01/2016 15:09 -43.1 186.1 19/01/2016 16:26 1

Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Primnoidae Phil Alderslade 16/05/2017 17/01/2016 11:05 3

Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Primnoidae Phil Alderslade 16/05/2017 24/01/2016 1:05 3

Cnidaria Anthozoa Antipatharia Leiopathidae Leiopathes Di Tracey 16/05/2017 20/01/2016 8:34 3

Cnidaria Anthozoa Antipatharia Schizopathidae Bathypathes Di Tracey 16/05/2017 11/01/2016 7:51 3

Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Stephanocyathus Di Tracey 16/05/2017 24/01/2016 1:00 3

HAK SUB TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Primnoidae Thouarella Phil Alderslade 16/05/2017 7/02/2016 15:50 -49 166.7 554 7/02/2016 20:23 3

HAK SUB TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Primnoidae Thouarella Phil Alderslade 16/05/2017 12/02/2016 20:45 -49 166.7 475 493 12/02/2016 21:27 3



SWA SOU TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Primnoidae Thouarella Phil Alderslade 16/05/2017 1/03/2016 12:25 -48.8 166.4 450 345 1/03/2016 13:10 3

HAK SUB TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Flabellidae Flabellum Di Tracey 16/05/2017 1/03/2016 20:15 -49 166.7 480 465 1/03/2016 21:34 3

ORH CHA TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Stephanocyathus Di Tracey 16/05/2017 18/04/2016 10:28 -40 167.9 890 927 18/04/2016 11:56 2

ORH CHA TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Isididae Phil Alderslade 16/05/2017 19/04/2016 19:07 -39.8 168.2 929 1007 19/04/2016 21:54 2

ORH CET TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Chrysogorgiidae Phil Alderslade 16/05/2017 20/04/2016 18:45 -39.7 167.2 1100 1050 20/04/2016 20:11 2

ORH CET TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Chrysogorgiidae Phil Alderslade 16/05/2017 20/04/2016 18:45 -39.7 167.2 1100 1050 20/04/2016 20:10 2

ORH CET TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Primnoidae Thouarella Phil Alderslade 16/05/2017 20/04/2016 18:45 -39.7 167.2 1100 1050 20/04/2016 20:00 2

ORH CET TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Primnoidae Thouarella Phil Alderslade 16/05/2017 20/04/2016 18:45 -39.7 167.2 1100 1050 20/04/2016 19:58 2

HOK SEC TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Flabellidae Flabellum Di Tracey 16/05/2017 13/05/2016 14:00 -42.9 173.7 477 13/05/2016 19:43 2

Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Primnoidae Thouarella Phil Alderslade 16/05/2017 20/05/2016 20:46 3

WWA SEC TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Isididae Isidella Phil Alderslade 16/05/2017 26/06/2016 5:40 -43.5 174.6 395 377 26/06/2016 13:27 3

SQU SEC TWL Cnidaria Hydrozoa Anthoathecata Stylasteridae Di Tracey 16/05/2017 13/06/2016 17:49 -44.2 175.8 222 214 13/06/2016 20:51 1

106482 SQU SEC TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Caryophyllia profunda Di Tracey 1/05/2017 14/06/2016 17:48 -44.1 175.8 210 203 14/06/2016 19:36 1

106476 SQU SEC TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Flabellidae Flabellum knoxi Di Tracey 1/05/2017 15/06/2016 18:09 -44.6 172.6 323 338 15/06/2016 21:32 1

SNA AKE BLL Annelida Polychaeta Sabellida Serpulidae Di Tracey 16/05/2017 14/01/2016 5:58 -36.1 174.9 50 50 14/01/2016 8:00 3




BYX AKW TWL Arthropoda Maxillopoda Di Tracey 16/05/2017 10/08/2015 13:22 -34.6 168.9 587 782 10/08/2015 14:16 3

SNA AKE BLL Bryozoa Di Tracey 16/05/2017 17/12/2012 5:35 -36.4 174.9 33 33 17/12/2015 9:17 3



SQU SOU TWL Bryozoa Di Tracey 16/05/2017 22/01/2016 20:00 -48.2 168.2 150 146 22/01/2016 21:39 3



NIWA Cat. No.

Target species FMA




SQU SOI TWL Bryozoa Di Tracey 16/05/2017 7/04/2016 17:09 -50.4 167.5 162 151 7/04/2016 17:51 3

HAK CHA TWL Cnidaria Anthozoa Pennatulacea Di Tracey 16/05/2017 6/07/2015 17:22 -41 170.4 643 628 6/07/2015 21:02 4

JMA CEW TWL Cnidaria Hydrozoa Leptothecata Aglaopheniidae Diana Macpherson 17/07/2017 26/11/2015 10:34 -39.8 173.5 83 77 26/11/2015 14:49 3






JMA AKW TWL Cnidaria Hydrozoa Leptothecata Aglaopheniidae Diana Macpherson 17/07/2017 21/12/2015 18:50 -38.2 173.9 116 116 21/12/2015 19:45 3


JMA CHA TWL Cnidaria Hydrozoa Leptothecata Aglaopheniidae Diana Macpherson 17/07/2017 17/01/2016 14:45 -40.2 173.9 113 93 17/01/2016 17:48 1

SQU SOU TWL Cnidaria Hydrozoa Leptothecata Aglaopheniidae Diana Macpherson 17/07/2017 26/01/2016 20:01 -48.8 167.2 190 184 26/01/2016 21:50 3


SQU SOU TWL Cnidaria Hydrozoa Leptothecata Aglaopheniidae Diana Macpherson 17/07/2017 30/01/2016 19:53 -48.8 167 189 165 30/01/2016 21:21 3

SQU SOU TWL Cnidaria Hydrozoa Leptothecata Aglaopheniidae Diana Macpherson 17/07/2017 30/01/2016 19:53 -48.8 167 189 165 30/01/2016 21:20 1



Echinodermata Crinoidea Di Tracey 16/05/2017 24/01/2016 1:01 3

95175 BYX AKW TWL Echinodermata Echinoidea Cidaroida Histocidaridae Histocidaris Owen Anderson 5/05/2016 9/08/2015 16:15 -34.6 168.9 561 705 9/08/2015 17:54 2

95255 SQU SOI TWL Porifera Di Tracey 16/05/2017 24/02/2016 12:58 -50.9 166.5 171 249 24/02/2016 17:23 3

95255 SQU SOI TWL Porifera Di Tracey 16/05/2017 24/02/2016 12:58 -50.9 166.5 171 249 24/02/2016 17:23 3

95253 SQU SOI TWL Porifera Di Tracey 16/05/2017 19/03/2016 8:23 -50 166.2 191 182 19/03/2016 16:21 3

JMA CHA TWL Porifera Demospongiae Di Tracey 16/05/2017 12/01/2016 12:00 -40.4 173.9 97 95 12/01/2016 17:13 1

95236 ORH CET TWL Porifera Hexactinellida Hexactinosida Tretodictyidae Hexactinella simplex Michelle Kelly 1/06/2016 27/11/2015 6:42 -37.4 167.4 963 925 27/11/2015 7:59 3

95176 BYX AKW TWL Porifera Hexactinellida Lyssacinosida Rossellidae Caulophacus incertae sedis Henry Reiswig 15/09/2015 11/08/2015 8:43 -34.6 168.9 566 981 11/08/2015 8:03 3

BYX AKW TWL Porifera Hexactinellida Lyssacinosida Rossellidae Caulophacus Di Tracey 16/05/2017 11/08/2015 8:43 -34.6 168.9 566 981 11/08/2015 8:04 3

ORH LOUR TWL Porifera Di Tracey 16/05/2017 4/07/2015 14:10 -40.7 194.6 670 1080 4/07/2015 15:07 3


ORH LOUR TWL Porifera Di Tracey 16/05/2017 10/07/2015 22:49 -41.8 196.3 10/07/2015 23:53 3

ORH LOUR TWL Porifera Di Tracey 16/05/2017 10/07/2015 22:49 -41.8 196.3 10/07/2015 23:51 2


